Massive Mobile Boom in India, Over 10 Million New Customers in September AloneNovember 4th, 2008 TRAI* (Telecom regulatory body) report on growth of telecom in India for September reveals some startling facts about Mobile growth and penetration in India. Highlights are
as follows:
Second time India added 1 Cr mobile consumers in September.
IBM Breakthrough in Photonic Chip; Slows Light 300 TimesNovember 4th, 2005 IBM claims a major breakthrough in the quest developing photon based computers instead of todays electron based silicon chips. In its Silicon Wave Guide chip it claims to have managed to slow down light to 1/300 of its normal speed of 186, 000 miles per second.
"It descends from the heavens. Ironically it unleashes hell"October 2nd, 2005 "It descends from the heavens. Ironically it unleashes hell" reads a Boeing ad depicting U.S.
Back in time: My experiences post 9/11April 5th, 2005 I clearly remember the day. I worked at DoubleTwist in Oakland then.
How secure is your credit-card?May 4th, 2005 I am sure most of us have noticed at grocery stores and large retailers, the cashiers rarely, if ever, verify your signature. In fact some even give back your card before you return your signed receipt!
I didn't know how pervasive the problem was till I read John Hargrave's exploits with credit card.
Top 5 Regrets After Migrating From Windows To LinuxJuly 30th, 2007 It has been several months that I fully migrated to Linux. The whole company has moved 100% to Linux, all servers, desktop ...
419 Nigerian Scam Hits The BlogsFebruary 8th, 2008 With the popularity of blog spamming, can Nigerian scammers (and spammers) be left far behind? Here is an interesting attempt to scam, posted as a comment on blog against this article:
Name: frank taylor | Email: frank****@yahoo.com | URL: http://KindAttention | IP: 41.210.17.190 | Feb 8, 9:06 AM | Type: normal [[A (sub)human being actually took the trouble to spam me!]]
Bujumbura Refugees Camp
Room 32 Liberia Camp 3 Accra Ghana
West Africa
Kind Attention,
Greetings , my name is Frank Taylor .I am making this contact to you in good faith and hope that it will transpire into mutual relationship for now and in future to come .I am the eldest son of late Sir Beuford Taylor a formal gold merchant and also a know politician in my country Liberia. After the fall of the government, my father with other top government officials was alleged financial losses and detained by the Interim government of the present administration, on 23rd 2003 November, unfortunately he died in the detention custody since then the government has been accusing my family with strange accusation.
The Floccinaucinihilipilification of Web 2.0January 26th, 2007 It is a dire necessity of the times to do some degree of floccinaucinihilipilification of Web 2.0. To understand the concerns lets take a look at what makes Web 2.0.
APEWS Black List Lists Most of IndiaAugust 24th, 2007 APEWS Black List is a joke. They have the whole netblock of VSNL, the Internet Backbone provider of India on their stupid blacklist! VSNL is, as far as I know, the only way you can get a static IP address in India.
A Plan for Stopping Online Music & Book PiracyAugust 14th, 2007 Online piracy is assuming alarming proportions and will continue to do so with the popularization of internet and better bandwidth availability to customers. Online piracy affects every material that can be moved online - music, video, books and software.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Well, the new trolley in Seattle (the South Lake Union trolley line) has instantly become widely (though not, alas, officially) known as the S.L.U.T.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
LOL